On: B.C. lawyer reprimanded for citing fake cases invented by ChatGPT

[ifdefdebug]

They have to realize that the language model did it's job just fine. It produced a convincing piece of well-formed language that fits the context window. If they wanted knowledge instead, they should have used a knowledge model.

[pjc50 → ifdefdebug]

Man, this entire conversation is full of is/ought conflation. And deceptive marketing.

[mdp2021 → ifdefdebug]

> convincing piece of well-formed language that fits the context window

I hope you do realize that "artificial conman" is hardly a goal.

[miningape → mdp2021]

I hope you do realise this is what it was trained to do, not be correct, not be inventive/creative, but to make text that _sounds_ good.

[mdp2021 → miningape]

I very well realize it, I and I hope that re-reading again my original comment you will see that I am condemning that specifically.

[graemep → mdp2021]

If people are willing to pay for it, then it is.

[mdp2021 → graemep]

Clearly that is what some seem to think, and it should be also clear that it has sinister sides.

[rsynnott → mdp2021]

... I mean, given how much money is being spent on LLM-based startups at the moment, it certainly _seems_ to be a goal for a lot of people.